I seem to be having problems dealing with a net that ONLY deals with .eml or
.txt files. Here is what I was trying to post earlier but with links.
As part of the issue of whether Daniel was written by one person or
several, some interesting points about the literary structure of Daniel
may provide some evidence.
As I am certain most everyone on this list knows, Hebrew poetry is
composed of chaism of various sorts. Rather than meter and rhyme,
Hebrew poetry consists of an assortment of thoughts arranged or
juxtaposed with each other in various ways. It is curious that the
elements that make up the book of Daniel have been arranged in a double
chaism.
The .html chart at
http://www.tagnet.org/anotherviewpoint/about/DanielChiasm.htm
illustrates this chaism arrangement. Here are some interesting points.
1. The first chaism is written entirely in Aramaic, the second chaism is
written in Hebrew.
2. The first level (A) consists of prophetic sections that deal with
the general population of the world. Level B deals with God's people.
Level C has to do with human kings. And level D has to do with God's
King -- the Messiah.
3. The imagery of the first and last prophetic sections of level A
deals with kings -- a metal statue of King Nebuchadnezzer in Daniel 2
and the kings of the North and South of Daniel 11-12.
4. The imagery of the two middle prophecies (ch. 7 and 8) consists of
an assortment of beasts.
5. The focus of the book is on the prophecy of Level D -- the 70 week
prophecy concerning the messiah.
The next chart is a more detailed look at the chaism for level C and D
concerning Jerusalem and the Messiah of the 70 week prophecy. It helps
clear up who is who in this somewhat complex prophecy.
http://www.tagnet.org/anotherviewpoint/about/MessiahChiasm.htm
All this is of importance to the topic of authorship because can such
symmetry and complexity be expected from an assortment of unknown,
gullible redactors or is it a product of a single, intelligent mind?
Allen
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